Improvements/Fixes for the Release Actions (#2221)

* add pre to tag to distinguish from full release

* explicitly serach for the newest pre-release

* set latest tag for releases

.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yaml

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ jobs:
         # Sends a message for both the Stale and Close events of an issue.
         stale-issue-message: "This issue was marked as stale because it has been inactive for 7 days"
         close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 7 days since it was marked as stale"
+        # Increase this value if the project receives a lot of
+        # PRs (yes.. apparently they're processed no matter what) & Issues.
+        # Default value for it (according to the docs) is 30
+        operations-per-run: 100
         # Make this field equal true if you want to test your configuration if it works correctly or not
         debug-only: false
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/pre-release.yaml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           $version = ''
           Get-Content ./winutil.ps1 -TotalCount 30 | ForEach-Object {
             if ($_ -match 'Version\s*:\s*(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})') {
-              $version = $matches[1]
+              $version = "pre"+$matches[1]
               echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
               echo "::set-output name=version::$version"
               break

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ jobs:
           name: Release ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}
           files: ./winutil.ps1
           prerelease: false
+          make_latest: "true"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

KnownIssues.md

@@ -13,14 +13,9 @@
 ```
 Get-Service -Name "XboxGipSvc" | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic
 ```
-- Windows Insider Builds not installing: Telemetry needs to be enabled
+
-```
-Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection" -Name "AllowTelemetry" -Type DWord -Value 0
-Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" -Name "AllowTelemetry" -Type DWord -Value 0
- ```
 - Winget requires interaction on first run: Manually type 'y' and 'enter' into the PowerShell console to continue
 - (Windows 11) Quick Settings no longer works: Launch the Script and click 'Enable Action Center'
-- Explorer no longer launches: Go to Control Panel, File Explorer Options, Change the 'Open File Explorer to' option to 'This PC'.
 - Script doesn't run/PowerShell crashes:
   1. Press Windows Key+X and select 'PowerShell (Admin)' (Windows 10) or 'Windows Terminal (Admin)' (Windows 11)
   2. Run:

windev.ps1

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 function Get-LatestRelease {
     try {
         $releases = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://api.github.com/repos/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases'
-        $latestRelease = $releases | Select-Object -First 1
+        $latestRelease = $releases | Where-Object {$_.prerelease -eq $true} | Select-Object -First 1
         return $latestRelease.tag_name
     } catch {
         Write-Host "Error fetching release data: $_" -ForegroundColor Red

winutil.ps1

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     Author         : Chris Titus @christitustech
     Runspace Author: @DeveloperDurp
     GitHub         : https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech
-    Version        : 24.06.28
+    Version        : 24.06.29
 #>
 param (
     [switch]$Debug,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
 # Variable to sync between runspaces
 $sync = [Hashtable]::Synchronized(@{})
 $sync.PSScriptRoot = $PSScriptRoot
-$sync.version = "24.06.28"
+$sync.version = "24.06.29"
 $sync.configs = @{}
 $sync.ProcessRunning = $false